Cabinet of Ministers Regulations No. 521 in Riga, July 5, 2011 (pr. No 41 15. §) naturalization application and examination procedures Issued pursuant to article 17 of the citizenship law the second part of rule 1 defines the naturalization application (hereinafter referred to as the application) the making and handling policy.
2. the application shall adopt and review the citizenship and Migration Board Department-Naturalization Board.
3. a Person who wishes to naturalizēt, indicating the identity documents, with the citizenship and Migration Board of territorial divisions (hereinafter the Department) to personally submit the naturalization application administration (annex 1) and the following documents: proof of 3.1 legal source of livelihood;
3.2. the document on State duty payment or documents, on the basis of which the person has been released from State duty payment;
3.3. photo (3 x 4 cm).
4. If the person is a national or a stateless person, not it, fill out the application, sign a declaration that is not a citizen of another country (nationality).
5. Fill out the application, sign the pledge of allegiance to the Republic of Latvia (hereinafter referred to as the promise).
6. If a person wants to, in accordance with the nationality law of the second paragraph of article 14 of the application to be processed outside of the General order, so in addition to the provisions referred to in paragraph 3 of the documents submitted a document showing the person's compliance with the citizenship law of article 14 referred to in the second paragraph.
7. If the person who naturalizēj or which has acquired Latvian citizenship through naturalization procedures, please pick up the citizenship of their minor children up to the age of 15, she also fills out an application for naturalization of children (annex 2) and presented the child's birth certificate, if the Department can not otherwise satisfy the child's representation rights. Application for naturalization of children signed by both parents or the person presenting the document, certifying that the person is entitled to exercise custody rights over children without the other parent. Minor children (aged 14 to 15 years) signed a declaration that does not object to the admission of the Latvian citizenship.
8. If the rules referred to in paragraph 7, the application does not fill in the section below, the child's parents ' signatures certify notarial act.
9. If Naturalisation Board establishes that the minor child of the person could be developed into a legal relationship with another country (born, lived, one of the parents is a citizen of another country), a person shall submit a document attesting that the minor child is not a citizen of another country, or documentary proof that the following document is impossible to obtain.
10. once the application and all required documents have been submitted, and a person has signed a pledge and a declaration that it is not a citizen of another country (nationality) (if necessary), and sent to the Latvian language skills to the test and the constitutional framework of the Republic of Latvia, the text of the national anthem and Latvian history aptitude test, if in accordance with the nationality law a person want to sort these checks. The person sends only to the constitutional framework of the Republic of Latvia, the text of the national anthem and Latvian history aptitude test, if in addition to this provision in paragraph 3 of the documents submitted exhibit one of the documents referred to in the Cabinet regulations on citizenship law Latvian language skills and the constitutional framework of the Republic of Latvia, the text of the national anthem and Latvian history test and which give the right sort Latvian language skills to the test.
11. If not all submitted that rule 3. the documents referred to in paragraph 9, in the application or in the documents accompanying the information provided does not meet the citizenship requirements in the law, a person refuses to sign the pledge or has not complied with these rules 4, 7 or 8 of these conditions, the Naturalization Board shall take a decision on the refusal to issue the administrative act. The person that refusal may be appealed by submitting an application to the citizenship and Migration Board to the boss.
12. The Person under the Citizenship Act, article 21 of the second part is a specific knowledge of the inspection arrangements, in addition to the provisions referred to in paragraph 3 of the documents produced (I) a certificate of disability group (if there is one person) or submit to the health and integrity of the expertise of the National Commission of physician issued a certificate (if there is one person), on the basis of which the person concerned has the right to be granted to relief in the sort of knowledge examination or exemption from inspection.
13. It is considered that the person under the Citizenship Act, article 17, the second subparagraph is submitted all the necessary documents, if it is: 13.1. passed the Latvian language skills to the test or these rules has recorded 10 or 12. documents referred to in paragraph 1;
13.2. the Republic of Latvia passed the constitutional framework, the national anthem and Latvian history text to test or provide the rules referred to in paragraph 12 of the document;
13.3. the rules presented this document referred to in paragraph 16, if it is necessary.
14. to verify the accuracy of personal information and its conformity with article 11 of the law on Citizenship requirements of the Naturalization Board, request information from the following institutions: 14.1. Ministry of Interior Information Center;
14.2. the consequences of Totalitarianism documentation center;
14.3. the national security authorities.
15. The Naturalization Board required information may also be requested from the other national regulatory authorities.
16. If the person is not entitled to acquire Latvian citizenship through naturalization citizenship law on the agenda of the first part of article 9 or article 12, first paragraph, the conditions referred to in paragraph 7, the persons concerned shall be invited to present the expatriation permit, if provided for under national laws, or to citizenship (citizenship) proof of loss.
17. The Naturalization Board consideration of the application shall be suspended in the following cases: 17.1. a person is called to criminal liability;
17.2. the test is proposed in case of personal cooperation with (MINISTER) of the former USSR State Security Committee (hereinafter referred to as the Committee);
17.3. the consequences of Totalitarianism documentation center has received the answer that the Centre has information that the person has been a Security Committee or any other foreign State security, intelligence or other special services employee, agent or informant, conspiratorial apartment holder;

17.4. the six months following that rule 16 the invitation referred to in paragraph without valid reason submitted a loss of citizenship (citizenship) an identity card or statement of renunciation of previous citizenship (citizenship), or the permission of expatriation, if provided for under national law.
18. The Naturalization Board shall take a decision on the refusal to issue the administrative act in the following cases: 18.1. following the request of the person;
18.2. the person during the examination of the application has obtained the citizenship of Latvia or of registration for special services of Latvia;
18.3. it has been a year since the suspension of the consideration of the application of these rules in 17.3. in the case referred to in point and the person is not referring the application to the public prosecutor's Office, asking to check the fact of cooperation with the Security Committee;
18.4. a year has passed since the suspension of the consideration of the application of the provisions referred to in paragraph 17.4. reason;
18.5. the person does not appear before the Citizenship Act provided for Latvian language skills or the constitutional framework of the Republic of Latvia, the text of the national anthem and Latvian history test and two months did not submit documents that certify that it failed to check for good reason;
18.6. the person not to pass three times or refuse to sort the Latvian citizenship law provides for language skills or the constitutional framework of the Republic of Latvia, the text of the national anthem and Latvian history aptitude test;
11.6. the minor who is naturalizēj in accordance with article 15 of the law of citizenship, has reached the age of 15, before the Cabinet has ordered citizenship of Latvia for admission in the naturalization procedure.
19. The Naturalization Board shall take a decision on the refusal of naturalisation if: 19.1 person supplied false information;
19.2. in considering the application, it is found that is not a legitimate basis for naturalisation or it is lost;
19.3. the citizenship law sort out the constitutional framework of the Republic of Latvia, the text of the national anthem and Latvian history, knowledge, or Latvian language skills to the test, breached the validation rules.
20. If the person meets all the citizenship law in article 12, the conditions referred to in the first subparagraph, the Naturalization Board prepares a draft order of the Cabinet of Ministers of Latvia Citizenship of the person taking the naturalization order and inform the person.
21. Be declared unenforceable in the Cabinet of Ministers of 2 February 1999, Regulation No 34 of "naturalization application and examination procedures" (Latvian journal, 1999, 32/33.nr.; 2000, 435./437.nr.; 2001, 7, nr. 99; 2003, 63, nr. 161; 2004, nr. 20; 2005; 2006, nr. 135.128. no; 2010, nr. 38).
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